Tir

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tir"

English

Etymology 1

From Persian تیر (tir).

Proper noun

Tir

1. The fourth solar month of the Persian calendar.

Etymology 2

Transliteration of Old Armenian Տիր (Tir), which is related to the Persian month name.

Proper noun

Tir

1. (Armenian mythology) A scribe/writer god, in Hellenistic times identified with the Greek Apollo.

Further reading

• Russell, James R. (1986) “Armenia and Iran iii. Armenian Religion”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York
• Tir (god) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• IRT, RTI, TRI, rit, tri, tri-

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Tir m (Cyrillic spelling Тир)

1. Tyre (an ancient city-state in Phoenicia)
2. Tyre (a port city, the capital of Tyre district, Lebanon)

Synonyms

• Sur